MQ-25 Product Review Engineer (Liaison Engineering)
Posted Sep 16, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Walk me through a time you found a non-conformance on the production floor. How did you figure out root cause, and what disposition did you land on?
What they are checking: whether the candidate has actually run a non-conformance investigation start to finish, not just reviewed paperwork
Tell me about a Material Review Board you've sat on or supported. What was your role and how did the board reach its decision?
What they are checking: actual MRB exposure versus generic quality-process knowledge
Tell me about a time your engineering disposition was challenged by production, quality, or a supplier. How did you handle the disagreement?
What they are checking: how they hold a technical position under pushback without stalling the schedule or caving without justification
Describe a situation where you had to develop an interim fix to keep something moving while the final engineering solution was still being worked out.
What they are checking: comfort with the reality of production timelines and ability to manage risk with a temporary solution
Have you worked with a defense customer before, and what was different about how you communicated technical issues to them compared to a commercial customer?
What they are checking: experience navigating government customer expectations and formality
Tell me about a time you had to explain a technical disposition to someone without an engineering background, like a mechanic or a program manager.
What they are checking: communication skill across disciplines, which is central to a liaison role
What would you do
Say a mechanic on the floor finds a part that's out of tolerance and the line is waiting on your call. Walk me through what you do in the next hour.
What they are checking: how they triage under production pressure and whether they understand the cost of holding a line versus the risk of a bad disposition
You're in the build environment and a supplier's build partner keeps having the same non-conformance recur. How do you approach getting to a real fix instead of another one-off disposition?
What they are checking: ability to move from firefighting individual defects to systemic process improvement
If you noticed a recurring pattern in field or production data pointing to a design weakness nobody had flagged yet, what would you do with that information?
What they are checking: initiative and whether they think beyond individual tickets toward proactive product improvement
Given the security clearance and export control requirements on this program, have you worked in a controlled or classified environment before, and what did that change about how you did your job?
What they are checking: readiness for the compliance and information-handling constraints specific to defense production work
About the work
What's the difference between a use-as-is disposition, a repair, and a rework, and how do you decide which one is defensible?
What they are checking: real fluency with engineering disposition categories, not just familiarity with the term MRB
How do you determine whether a deviation affects design intent versus something that's just a cosmetic or process variance?
What they are checking: grasp of engineering judgment around design intent, which is the core skill of the liaison role
What tools have you used for configuration and change management, like Team Center or NX, and how did you use them day to day?
What they are checking: hands-on familiarity with the specific PLM and CAD tools this role runs on
How do you go about doing root cause analysis when the failure mode isn't obvious and the standard process doesn't have an answer?
What they are checking: depth of root-cause methodology beyond checklist troubleshooting
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